Garment marking device

Claim 1

A GARMENT MARKING DEVICE COMPRISING: (A) A PEDESTAL HAVING AN UPRIGHT COLUMN, (B) BRACKET MEANS SLIDABLE ALONG SAID COLUMN AND INCLUDING FRICTION GRIPPING MEANS HAVING RESILIENT UPPER AND LOWER ANNULAR PORTIONS MADE OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL EFFECTIVE TO HOLD SAID BRACKET FIRMLY IN PLACE ALONG SAID COLUMN, SAID BRACKET MEANS CARRYING A LOAD WHICH ALWAYS ACTS DOWNWARDLY FROM A POINT OFFSET LATERALLY FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID COLUMN, THEREBY TENDING TO PIVOT SAID BRACKET AWAY FROM THE HORIZONTAL AND CAUSING SAID RESILIENT UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS TO PRESS AGAINST SAID COLUMN MORE FIRMLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND INCREASING THE FRICTIONAL CONTACT WITH SAID COLUMN, (C) RING-LIKE TUBULAR POWDER-DISPENSING MEANS DETACHABLY MOUNTED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE ON SAID BRACKET AND HAVING AN INWARDLY OPENING NARROW SLOT EXTENDING THEREALONG IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE, AND (D) SQUEEZE-BULB MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TUBULAR POWDER-DISPENSING MEANS FOR DISCHARGING A STREAM OF POWDER THERETO AND OUT OF SAID SLOT FOR DELIVERY AGAINST A GARMENT SUPPORTED VERTICALLY WITHIN SAID POWDER DISPENSING MEANS.